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Hello! I'm Wendy Gaal of Knitters Brewing Company, and these videos are here to help you with techniques used in my knitting pattern designs. My patterns can be purchased and downloaded on Ravelry.
Picking Up Stitches for Two-Color Heel Flap Style Gussets
In this video I demonstrate how to pick up stitches around a heel flap and turn using two colors to create a striped gusset and sole.
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Inside Out Color Work for Small Circumference Projects
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How to knit small circumference color work projects inside out to maximize the stretchiness of the work.
Jeny's Surprisingly Stretchy Bind Off
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This video demonstrates how to work Jeny's Surprisingly Stretchy Bind Off, and shows examples of how stretchy it is vs the standard bind off.
Judy's Magic Toe Up Cast On
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This video demonstrates the figure-8 style cast on known as Judy's Magic Toe Up Cast On. I discuss how to work this technique for the three most common styles of small-circumference knitting - Magic Loop, Two Circular Needles, or Double Pointed Needles.
Knitting and Purling Through the Back Loop
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This video demonstrates how to knit and purl stitches through the back loop, and shows three examples of how you can use this simple technique to improve the appearance of your knitted projects.
Wrap and Turn Short Rows
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How to work Wrap and Turn Short Rows in knitting on stockinette stitch and garter stitch backgrounds.
How to Knit a Hemmed Casing
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This video shows how to knit a hemmed casing through which a drawstring can be pulled. Sorry the format is vertical!
Knitting a Double Bobble
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This video describes how to knit a double-wide bobble that is worked over two stitches.
Provisional Cast On for Knitting
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This video demonstrates a provisional cast on method which uses a crochet hook to add stitches to a knitting needle. This video also shows how to remove the provisional cast on yarn.
The German Twisted Cast On
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How to work the German Twisted Cast On in knitting.
Front Bands for Cardigans
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This video presents information about knitting front bands onto cardigans, including how many stitches to pick up, how to pick the stitches up, how to place and knit simple buttonholes, and recommended bind off.
Purled Cast On
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How to work the Purled Cast on when knitting. This cast on is useful when adding stitches to the end of a row, or when bridging a gap in knitting.
Stretchy Bind Off for Knitting
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This simple stretchy bind off technique is great for sock or sleeve cuffs or anywhere you have a ribbing finish that you want to be stretchy.
Heel Tab Finishing for the Hash Mark Shorties
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This video demonstrates how to fold and join the Heel Tab stitches to the cast on edge of this sock project. The Hash Mark Shorties pattern will be released in August 2022.
Using Pony Bead Cord for Holding Stitches
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Pony Bead Cord is a great tool for holding knitting stitches - this video demonstrates how easy it is to use.
Picking Up Heel Flap Stitches for Mystery Sock XII
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Picking Up Heel Flap Stitches for Mystery Sock XII
Double Stitches used in German Short Rows
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Double Stitches used in German Short Rows
Attaching Sock Monkey Ears by Grafting
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Attaching Sock Monkey Ears by Grafting
Thanks, Wendy! This was really helpful. ❤
Thank you so much. I am knitting knockers for Charity , and when it came to the 2 purling rounds, I always had 2 loose purls at each end of the magic loop. Now I can handle the purls easily. Awesome tip. Thanks again !
Thank you socalknitgirl for walking me through this; exactly what I was looking for. Other videos posted and purporting to show this technique actually only show how to braid. You nailed it Sister.
Thank you, this explanation is very helpful when knitting mosaic for the first time 👍
Wow, what a neat technique! Thanks for sharing! I haven't done very much color work because I have struggled so much with getting the same tension on both strands in the past, but once I solve that issue, this will make for a much cleaner result to solve for any of these other issues. Do you frequently turn the work right side out in order to confirm that things are looking okay? I can imagine that it might be easy to miss a mistake if you don't have quite as much visibility of the work on the larger scale since much of it is hidden from view. Thanks again!
I really don't turn it right side out very often. Mostly I do it when I want to admire the progress LOL
Actually it is *much HARDER* to use the pony cord on larger needles. The tiny opening in the pony bead cord is nearly impossible to get on a larger needle tip. If you manage to successfully get the needle tip into the tiny hole, the cord slides off repeatedly as you try to slide it through the stitches. The cord *does* come in larger diameters - with larger holes that will accommodate larger needles. I is rather difficult to find in small quantities.
huge thank you
Love your video. Is there a way to take any chart and turn it into a slip mosaic knit pattern?
Unfortunately no, because mosaic has some limitations. You are only working with one color on each row, and you can only slip a small number of sts in sequence before your floats get too long. I've heard of knitters doing standard 2-color colorwork charts by doing each row in two passes - knitting the stitches of one color and slipping the other color. This doesn't allow for good float management though, and honestly would take twice as long as doing standard colorwork, for which there are several techniques.
This is such a brilliant idea!!! Thanks for sharing!
You are a treasure! Thank you so much for your straight-to-the-point video. Best ever "how to".
Wow amazing work
thank you for this - just what I needed
New sub. Better late than never. I found a video that makes it seem a lot easier to do.
I've used knit into the back loop on a spiral baby sock. It does bring the stitches out.
Thank you for this video. I am hesitant to use a pattern with short rows. 😊
Nice!
Thanks Wendy! Your instructional videos are always so clear and easy to follow.
Another great tutorial! Found this video on how to do this cast-on for ribbing: ua-cam.com/video/X9_j2cjuyJM/v-deo.html
Gosh, Wendy - all these years I've "known" you and I never once suspected you were a thrower and not a picker. Now I'm **really** impressed by all the sweaters you churn out! Also I didn't realize the snowflake pattern socks were mosaic - I can do mosaic, no problemo. I was checking on M-I-T-R for another sock I saw on Rav. Your snowflake pattern will give me another one to knit! Is there anything special about starting toe-up with MITR? Can I pop in any heel I like? Or is there a heel you recommend?
Thanks, the pattern I’m following says to do a double stitch but it didn’t occur to me to save the technique instructions when I scanned it to the computer and it was of a library book.
The pattern is the Bright Axis Tee by Stephanie Lotven
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hope someone can answer me. Like many, I'm new to mosaic so don't know quite how to figure things out. Is a round the entire number of stitches on both the back and front needles or is a round the number of stitches on one needle when working in Magic Loop? Page 2 of the instructions say to knit four rounds after completing the cuff, so that was 56, 64 or 72 stitches per round. The Set up round for the Mystery Sock Clue #2 is where I became confused. It says on Set Up Round 2 to Sl1, then k to end of round. Same on Set Up Round 4. Do I slip the first stitch on the front needle and on the back needle, like you do on the pg 3 chart, or do I slip the first stitch on the first needle and knit the other 55, 63 or 71 sts? What exactly are we calling a round in this case?
Hello Carol! A round is defined as all the stitches on both needles - the full number of sts that you cast on. The rounds that start with a slipped st are done that way to reduce the visibility of the "jog" that occurs due to the color change. When you do those rounds, you slip the first st in the round, and then knit all the remaining sts on both needles. Hope this helps!
So cute!
A thank you! So helpful
G’day, that was really, really helpful, thank you 🇦🇺
Im from Pakistan.i love the way you teach the design..
I am having a difficult time understanding the sentence Pu1b at the beginning of a row. Could you show us how?
Hi, I have a pattern stitch that says c2 over 2 right/left, is it the same method as what you have demonstrated? Thank you & Merry Christmas ⛄
I haven't seen your pattern, but my guess is that this video is exactly what your pattern calls for. You'll see cables abbreviated a number of ways, but they all mean the same thing. Cheers!
Great to know. Thanks so much!👍👏🥰
I absolutely love your video on pbf. I've only found one other and it was so hard to see with the dark color yarn, tight stitches and close to the tip. Yours is exactly what I needed :D !
Awesome idea and I already have the cord and cord stoppers 👍😁
Super an thank you so much
Very well done, and I think your choice of wording explained it well for me.
Thanks for teaching me a better and easy way of making welts.
Thank you for a wonderful tutorial. I have been struggling with this stitch, and you made it so clear. I love your nails by the way!
Does it come in different sizes
Thank you for the clear instructions. I was just stuck on how to start the first row and realized the chart “started” using the contrasting color first. Great tutorial!
Thanks for posting. Great demonstration - simple and clear.
Thanks so much, beautiful flowers. I am so happy of learning . God bless you forever!!!
I have trouble with stitches catching where the cord meets the needle. Any tips?
I twist the needle back and forth as I pull it through the stitches. That helps reduce the catching for me.
Work SMARTER not HARDER. 😉😍😍
You saved me 💫💫💫💫💫👋👋👋👋👋
Thank you for this tutorial. 😊
Thank you this is exactly what I was looking for. Socal? San Diego here
amazing work!
Thank you!!!!
Thank you for this video. I’ve been struggling with this very issue & couldn’t figure it out myself! 😘
This is great
I have a question for you. What is the thing to secure your cord with, called. And by the way thank you for this helpful video.
Hello Francine, If you search Shoe String Lock or Cord Lock you should find many different styles of that clasp.
Thank you for sharing! Such a great idea :)